The Temporary Gentleman
Barry, Sebastian
ISBN 10: 0571276997 ISBN 13: 9780571276998
Published by London : Faber & Faber, 2014
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**THE NEWER WORLD - THE UNFORGETTABLE NEW NOVEL FROM SEBASTIAN BARRY - IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**
FROM THE TWICE-WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Heartbreaking.' Observer
'Brilliant.' The Times
Jack McNulty, a former UN observer, has worked around the world and seen extraordinary things, but as he contemplates his return to Ireland after many years in Ghana, his memories are dominated by his tumultuous marriage to Mai Kirwan. A great beauty with a vivid mind, Mai was also an elusive and troubled soul, stuck in a marriage that could never last.
About the Author: Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The 2018-21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, his novels have twice won the Costa Book of the Year award, the Independent Booksellers Award and the Walter Scott Prize. He had two consecutive novels shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, A Long Long Way (2005) and the top ten bestseller The Secret Scripture (2008), and has also won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He lives in County Wicklow.
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Title: The Temporary Gentleman
Publisher: London : Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2nd Edition